Agnes Surriage

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Houghton, Mifflin, 1886 - Drama - 418 pages
 

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Page 31 - And he that will this health deny, Down among the dead men, etc. May love and wine their rites maintain, And their united pleasures reign : While Bacchus...
Page 28 - Cease your funning, Force or cunning, Never shall my heart trepan ; All these sallies Are but malice, To seduce my constant man, 'Tis most certain. By their flirting, Women oft have envy shown ; Pleased to ruin Others
Page 65 - Whether it be lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate, if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved...
Page 302 - Wachusett and Monadnock mountains on the northwest ; of the beautiful village of Hopkinton and Hayden Row on the southwest ; of a rich and varied landscape on the south ; and of the charming village of Ashland in the valley where the Concord River and the Cold Springs blend their waters in the east. The hillside to the south and west abounds in cool and gushing springlets, which, leaving lines of freshest verdure in their course, unite...
Page 30 - The dusky night rides down the sky And ushers in the morn : The hounds all join in glorious cry, The huntsman winds his horn : And a hunting we will go.
Page 374 - Oh! while along the stream of Time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale?
Page 267 - Sir William replied as follows: " MR. SPEAKER :—I am heartily obliged to the honorable House for the respect they have shown me; and I shall be always ready to risk my life and fortune for the good of my dear native country.
Page 303 - ... feet in length and surmounted by a cupola; a granary which was set upon elaborately wrought freestone pillars ; and houses for his servants equal to those of many of the farmers in the neighborhood. Having a taste for horticulture, he introduced a great variety of the choicest fruit, — such as apples, pears, plums, peaches, cherries of excellent quality, apricots and quinces from England: — and having an eye for beauty, he set out elms and other ornamental trees upon his grounds, and embellished...
Page 303 - The chimney pieces were of Italian marble; and cornices of stucco-work and other costly finishing embellished the parlor, anterooms and chambers. The grounds immediately around the house were formed into terraces, by the hands of slaves, and the waters from the living springs1 above, clothed them in liveliest verdure.
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